The University of Guadalajara, through a project created by the Environmental Sciences Museum as part of the University’s Cultural Center, and with the support of the Guadalajara International Book Fair, has established the José Emilio Pacheco City and Nature Award. The prize, which will be given for the first time this year, will be dedicated to poetry. The winning author, who must write in Spanish and have at least ten unpublished poems or poems published in the last five years that are related to nature, urban sustainability, socio-ecological harmony and environmental conservation, will be given a purse of US $10,000. The award is dedicated to poet José Emilio Pacheco, whose work explores the duality between cities and nature.
Created by the University of Guadalajara, and with the collaboration of the National Institute for Indigenous Languages, the Culture Ministry, the National Commission for the Development of the Indigenous Cultures and Jalisco’s Department of Education, the American Indigenous Literature Award is granted to enrich, protect and promote the legacy and richness of Mexico’s indigenous peoples through literature in all its forms, and to and acknowledge and further develop the careers and works of indigenous authors. The award, which carries a purse of US $25,000, will be given for the fourth time at the 2016 FIL Guadalajara.
The SM Ibero-American Award for Literature for Children and Young People was implemented in 2005, the year of Ibero-American literature, with the goal of promoting literature for children and young people throughout Ibero-America. The award is given out each year during the Guadalajara International Book Fair to recognize writers of literature for children and young people and carries a purse of US $30,000.
Juan Carlos Quezadas
Karime Cardona Cury
With the goal of creating a network that helps to encourage the work of illustrators of books for children and young people in Ibero-America, the SM Foundation and the FIL Guadalajara invites illustrators to submit their work to be included in the Annual Ibero-American Illustration Catalog. The 45 works selected will be displayed in an exposition at the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In addition, illustrators will have the opportunity to work on an illustrated book with Ediciones SM and the winner will be given US $5,000. You can find more information at: www.iberoamericailustra.com
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International Authors Forum
When the library knows that it is safeguarding the authors
Activities for Professionals
International Authors Forum
When the library knows that it is safeguarding the authors
The library is the custodian of words, authors, and books. Talking about copyright from the librarians' perspective allows us to recognize the value of what they safeguard.
Participants: John Degen, María Vázquez Valdés
Moderator: Alma Cázares
John Degen
Executive Director of the Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC) and President of the International Authors Forum (IAF) in the UK, representing over 700,000 authors worldwide. Poet and novelist. He has published three books. His essays and positions have been featured in numerous publications, including The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and The Author, among others. He has been a member of several literary and artistic sector boards. His debut novel, The Uninvited Guest, was shortlisted for the 2006 Canada First Novel Award.
Other activities involving the participant:
Panel: The Importance of Collective Action in Defending Copyrights
The craft of being an author. From notebook to book
María Vázquez Valdés
Poeta, editora, periodista y traductora. Autora de once libros publicados. Doctora en Teoría Crítica, maestra en Diseño y Producción Editorial, y licenciada en Periodismo y Comunicación. Ha colaborado en diversos medios y dirigido entidades como la Biblioteca del H. Congreso de la Unión.
Alma Cázares
Licenciada en Periodismo y comunicación colectiva, por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, y maestra en Diseño y Producción Editorial por la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Unidad Xochimilco, obteniendo la medalla al mérito universitario. Becada por la Fundación Carolina para el II Curso de formación de editores iberoamericanos, en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. Con estudios en Edición global en español por la Universidad Pompeu Fabra, en Barcelona. Ha trabajado por más de treinta años en el sector editorial.
Fue Directora de Publicaciones de la Universidad Anáhuac México y recientemente ha sido nombrada Directora de Bibliotecas de la misma institución.
Ha sido invitada a participar como ponente y moderadora en diversos foros sobre edición universitaria, tanto por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad
Autónoma Metropolitana, Red de Universidades Anáhuac, Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, Instituto Mora, Universidad Veracruzana, Editoriales Universitarias del Perú (EUPerú), entre otras.
Fue Presidenta del Comité de Editoriales Universitarias y Académicas de la Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana, por un periodo de dos años. Ha impartido cursos en la Universidad Anáhuac, y actualmente es docente en el diplomado internacional que realiza la Asociación Mexicana de Profesionales de la Edición AC.